Thursday 1 March 2012

Historica

The historica site features one-minute videos on Canadian history topics. Do not expect large (and more helpful) themes like "National Policy", but you will find interesting biographies and short summaries of events in our past. Of interest to Socials 10 content, you will find a one-minute video on topics such as:
- The Underground Railroad
- Louis Riel
- Laura Secord
etc.

If you click on the "education" link, there are "lesson plans" provided for various topics. I didn't find these too helpful (how much of a lesson can really be based on a one-minute video?) but they did give some ideas to explore.
I personally have used these videos when doing a lesson on Prairie settlement. It also provides some examples of women in our history that is lacking in the textbook. Search for your topic and you never know.. there may be a helpful one-minute video to add into your lesson!

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